Warning to Sandbaggers at USAS in Mid-Atlantic

RE: Warning to Sandbaggers at USAS in Mid-Atlantic

Michelina — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:53:40 GMT

sandbaggers aka - by Mr. Jimby Thornton this weekend, "Hiltabiddles"). I forgot all about that! :applaud:

RE: Warning to Sandbaggers at USAS in Mid-Atlantic

osterber — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:06:13 GMT

It is a stated rule (207.10) in USA Swimming that entries for national championships must be your best performance during the the qualifying period. The USA Swimming times database (SWIMS) is typically used to enforce that policy. In my experience, in most LSCs, the local championship meets are generally run using USA Swimming Championship rules, so usually this rule applies at any championship meet level. At lower level meets around the LSCs, I can't imagine anyone is enforcing anything like that. -Rick

RE: Warning to Sandbaggers at USAS in Mid-Atlantic

Former Member — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:32:05 GMT

What if your best time is faster than you are capable of swimming right now?

RE: Warning to Sandbaggers at USAS in Mid-Atlantic

Justin Ritter — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:40:48 GMT

What if your best time is faster than you are capable of swimming right now? Then you either step it up or come in last in your heat. In my experience I find entry times to be pretty self-fulfilling. When I enter a time which I think is too fast I tend to swim faster. If I slack off and enter a slower time I tend to swim slower. When I was a kid swimming we never came up with our own times, or events for that matter. The coach did all of it, and he always seemed to enter my best time or faster. I think it would be great to have some sort of best time system for masters entries. I see way too many swimmers tacking on 10 seconds per-100 to their entry times for meet after meet. Of course as a meet director I'd love to see a no show penalty too, but that'll never happen.

RE: Warning to Sandbaggers at USAS in Mid-Atlantic

tjrpatt — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:37:39 GMT

What if your best time is faster than you are capable of swimming right now? I don't know for certain since I just got back into USA Swimming but I am going to take an educated guess and go with best time in the 365 days. From reading some of these entry forms, they seem to put the fear of god into people.